History (European TV channel)
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| Launched | 11 November 1995 (UK) 1 November 1999 (Ireland) 15 November 2004 (Germany) 17 October 2007 (Netherlands) |
| Owned by | A+E Networks UK (A&E Networks/Sky plc) |
| Picture format |
16:9, 576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audience share |
UK: 0.15% 0.07% (+1) (September 2015, ) |
| Slogan | Made Every Day |
| Country |
United Kingdom Germany Italy Spain |
| Broadcast area | Arab World, Balkans, Benelux, Central Europe & Eastern Europe, France, Iberian Peninsula, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Scandinavia, South Africa, United Kingdom |
| Headquarters |
Brentford, West London (UK and Pan-Europe) Munich (Germany, Austria & Switzerland) Rome (Italy) Madrid (Spain & Portugal) |
| Formerly called | The History Channel (1995-2008) |
| Sister channel(s) |
Blaze Crime+Investigation H2 Lifetime |
| Timeshift service | History +1 |
| Website | www.historyeuro.com |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Sky (UK & Ireland) | Channel 529 (SD/HD) Channel 530 (+1) Channel 545 (SD) On Demand |
| NOVA Greece (Greece) | Channel 404 |
| CanalDigitaal (Netherlands) | Channel 19 (HD) |
| Sky Deutschland | Channel 407 (HD) Channel 427 |
| Canal+ (Spain) | Channel 35 |
| Sky Italia | Channel 407 (SD/HD) Channel 408 (+1) |
| Digiturk | Channel 188 (SD/HD) Channel 386 |
| DStv (South Africa) | Channel 186 |
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OSN (Middle East & North Africa) |
Channel 508 (HD) |
| Cable | |
| Virgin Media (UK) | Channel 270 Channel 271 (+1) On Demand (including HD) |
| Virgin Media Ireland | Channel 217 Channel 220 (HD) |
| WightFibre (UK) | Channel 82 |
| Ziggo (Netherlands) | Channel 28 (HD) |
| Primacom (Germany) | Channel 112 |
| UPC Cablecom (Switzerland) | Channel 102 (HD) Channel 103 |
| UPC Austria | Channel 531 |
| ONO (Spain) | Channel 91 |
| R (Spain) | Channel 53 |
| TeleCable (Spain) | Channel 22 |
| Euskaltel (Spain) | Channel 55 |
| NOS (Portugal) | Channel 112 |
| Cabovisão (Portugal) | Channel 24 |
| IPTV | |
| BT (UK) | Channel 327 Channel 379 (HD) |
| KPN (Netherlands) | Channel 389 |
| Movistar TV (Spain) | Channel 84 |
| MEO (Portugal) | Channel 123 |
| Optimus Clix (Portugal) | Channel 134 |
| TalkTalk TV (UK) | Channel 327 |
| Plusnet (UK) | Channel 327 Channel 379 (HD) |
| Streaming media | |
| TVPlayer | Watch live (UK only) (TVPlayer Plus subscription required) |
| Sky Go | Sky (UK & Ireland only) |
| Virgin TV Anywhere | Virgin Media (UK only) |
| Ziggo GO | ZiggoGO.tv (Netherlands only) |
| Horizon GO | horizon.tv (Ireland only) |
History (formerly known as The History Channel UK) is a pan-European television channel broadcasting programs related to historical events and persons, owned by a joint-venture between A+E Networks, owner of the American History, and British Sky Broadcasting, the UK's largest pay-TV provider. AMC Networks International DMC is responsible for the signal distribution across mainland Europe and the subsidiaries of AMC Networks International are the distribution representatives across Europe. Its programming is mainly in English and locally subtitled or dubbed. It is available through numerous satellite, cable, terrestrial and IPTV distributors across Europe, the Middle East and South Africa. In some countries the advertisement and the announcements between programs are localized.
There are specific versions for Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal:
The History Channel U.K. started on November 1, 1995 as a week day three-hour block (4 to 7 PM) with British revamp Biography, History Alive and Our Century. The channel was A&E's first international venture
In 1997, Sky Sports 2 became a full-day channel and the channels that time-shared with it had to move. The History Channel would now share transponder 24 with Sky Soap and Sci-Fi Channel.
The History Channel launched in Scandinavia in September 1997, broadcasting for three hours per day on the Analogue Viasat platform. Initially time-sharing with TV1000 Cinema, it was later moved to the Swedish TV8 channel and continued broadcasting there until November 2004 when Viasat launched their own history channel, Viasat History, in the Nordic region and closed down the History Channel.
The launch of Sky Digital allowed the channel to increase it broadcast hours significantly. The channel was completely launched across Europe in October 2007.
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